“I didn’t know much about him. I never saw him play until we played Dallas the first time or watching him on TV before that, but he is confident beyond where you would expect somebody in his shoes to be — coming from a different country and being 19 years old.

“He’s a brilliant player. I think he’s already an All-Star. I don’t know how the votes will shake out, but he looks like an All-Star player to me.”